Knitting.



B. WESSELL.

KNlTTING.

APPLICATION FILED 1120.22, 191I Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

fifa# UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

BERT WEssLIi, 0E .IoHNsTOWN., NEW YORK, AssIGNoR To WEssELL KNITTING COMPANY, ACQPARTNERSHIP. l

KNITTrNG.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

Application led December 22, 1911. Serial No. 667,270.

To' aZL whom it may concern: .j A Be it known that I, BERT VVEssELL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the cit-yor Johnstown, .count-y 0f Fulton, and 'State of New York, have invented or discovered certain`new and useful .Improvements in Knitting, of which the following is a full, clear, and complete disclosure.

My invent-ionrelates `to knitting and knitted fabrics and more particularly to' methods. for knitting and forming glo-ves,l

drawers, shirts and similar articles having main body portions and ger or limb extensions.

ting such to form each garment 'by separate and independent operations. For example, in

.I-Ieretofore in knitknitting gloves, it has .heretofore been cus-- vtomary to knit the body Aportion and then the separate finger and thumb extensions and then to remove the iinished glove and commence the .formation of another glove. These independent operations require much attention and time bythe operators and are expensive. It has also been customary to form the body portions of the gloves by separate operations and4 then t0 attach the thumb and finger extensions by sewing, but this method resultsin an inferior glove hav' ing objectionable seams.

The object of my invention is to make seamless gloves, drawers, shirts and similar articles by a continuous method with less labor and expense than has heretofore been necessary.

In practising my invention, the knitting machine, if a machine be used, is so arranged, adjusted and operated that a single elongated member is formed composed of a plurality of garments connected with one another, the elongated member is then cut into separate seamless garments. In the drawing accompanying and forming a part of this specification, Figures l, 2, 3 and 41.'

of one glove is 'a continuationof t-he body portion of the adjacent glove, and the finger and thumb extensions of one glove are extensions and continuations of the like parts of the adjacent glove. The elongated member is formed by one continuous operation same as that ott-Fig. l,

extensions are omitted 'and openings 5 are a plurality of 'in garments ithas been customary.

left so that the loo-ps forming these opendesired length when and thumb extensions are thenv ings may be later transferred' to needles and the thumbs formed by independent opera-` tions.

f Fig'. 3 illustrates anelongated member composed of a. plurality of drawers made according to my improved method, Here the elongated member 1s composed of body por-Y tions 6 and leg extensions 7 formed by one continuous operationl and adapted .to be cut on the lines 8 into separate garments complete, edges.

except for the finishing of the out' In Fig. 4E, the elongatedi member is composed ofa plurality of sweater or shirt members having body tensions 1Q, and arm extensions 11. These are formed joined to one vanother and adapted to be cut on the lines l2 into"separate garments in the same way as the drawers above referred to.v

In all ofthe instances above given the elongated member is formed of tubular portions alternating with tubular divided portions adapted to form the thumb, finger, arm,lleg or neck extensions. These 'divided portions areformed by dropping or picking up stitches and they are given the correct gloves and body portions 9, neck eX- size,.shape and setv by changing the tension of the machine, t-he size of the yarn, or by other expedients now well known to` those skilled in the art of knitting. J y

While I have described how certa-in articles maybe made by my improved method, it is tobe understood that these are only given as examples, and .that my improved method is applicable to all knitted objects having main tubular body portions and a plurality of divided tubular portions or extensions. j

In practising my inventionany suitable knitting-device or mechanism may be used though I prefer to use suclra-lalhif as is. described in my pending application, Serial No. 671,(46. The machine referred to is of the Hat type and embodies improvements devised by me especially intended for use in practising' my improved method. I have pointed out in the said application that the machine is to be so operated as to knit irst a tubular body portion, then to successively knit thereon a plurality of tubular limb eX- tensions and to preferably join these With another body portion and so on, repeating the operations until an elongated strip of the kind above referred to is formed. These are essential steps of my improved method and this machine provides a convenient and practical means for practising the method.

Instead of beginningl the series of steps by knitting a body portion it is of course obvious that the operator may first knit a series of limb extensions, then join these with a body portion, and continue the operation untilastrip of the kind described of the desired length is formed.

Having now described my improved method, what I claim is:

l. The method of forming a knitted garment, which consists in knitting a tubular body portion'and then successively knitting thereon divided tubular extensions, then joining another tubular body portion to said extensions and repeating lthese operations until a strip of the desired length has been formed and then cutting the strip into individual garments, substantially as described.

2.v The method of forming knitted garments, Which consists in knitting a tubular body portion, then successivelyI forming thereon divided double length tubular limb extensions, then forming on the outer ends of such double'length extensions a double length body portion and repeating these operations until a strip formed of alternate double length body portions and double length divided limb extensions has been formed, and then severing such strip into individual garments, substantially as described.

BERT WESSELL. Witnesses:

W. A. LIVINGSTON, JOHN FRENoLs.

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